Elections: Fast track NHS UK visa promised by Boris Johnson
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14:34 14/11/2019
Sanwar Ali comment: The architect of the NHS is widely thought of as being Aneurin Bevan also known as Nye Bevan a very left wing Labour MP, Trade Unionist, Health Minister and finally Deputy Leader...
Home Office stalls on UK visa scheme for overseas NHS doctors
23:56 07/11/2019
Sanwar Ali comment: There is a well publicised shortage of medical staff in the UK. Under the Tier 2 visa and Tier 2 Sponsor Licence scheme both doctors and nurses are in the Shortage Occupation List...
UK visa status still being checked using NHS patient data
22:39 14/02/2019
Sanwar Ali workpermit.com comment: Unfortunately, what has happened is not surprising. You cannot always trust those that are simultaneously working with the Home Office and apparently working for...
UK visa status will not be passed to Home Office by NHS
16:30 07/12/2018
Details of the UK visa status of immigrant NHS patients will stop being passed to the Home Office, after a controversial agreement was scrapped. Campaigners, The Migrants’ Rights Network and Liberty...
Tier 2 visa pivotal for recruitment of 2,000 NHS doctors to meet government targets
17:25 03/08/2017
The NHS will recruit 2,000 foreign doctors to meet UK government targets. Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, announced that four times the planned number of 500 extra doctors are needed to...
Tier 2 visa problems making NHS staffing crisis worse
11:59 17/09/2015
Newcastle upon Tyne's NHS Trust faces a staffing crisis as UK Immigration is preventing them from employing more nurses from the Philippines. The Home Office have refused to issue enough certificates...
